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though he just got back from a trip there at the president's behest. also in national news, it kills a child every single minute. about half the world's population is in danger of contracting a deadly disease. but could there finally be a way but could there finally be a way to stop it? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm john berman filling in for jake tapper today. we begin with the national lead. one section of the country is getting way too much rain. another, not nearly enough. here you can see rescuers carrying a baby just above floodwaters in nashville. crews throughout the southeast and midwest are racing to help people trapped by the torrential rains in those regions. missouri seeing some of the worst of it. we've been told flash flooding today in that state claimed the life of at least one person. a 60-year-old woman who was trying to drive across a bridge in mcdonald county when she was caught in the quickly rising waters. meanwhile, a problem of almost the opposite sort in southern california. the so-called silver fire west

of los angeles, it's only been burning for about 24 hours. but stiff winds and bone dry conditions are spreading this thing fast. the fire has scorched 10,000 acres so far. turning sections into that barren hell scape. joining us is riverside fire captain lucas spellman. he's a spokesman for cal fire. have firefighters managed to get any of this fire under control? >> right at this time we have 10% that i can confirm. >> 10%. so a long, long way to go. give us a sense of the injuries, numbers of people evacuated. last we heard 1,500 people had to get out of the area. >> yes. i can confirm that also. 1,500. 800 of those came from a campground. also with the firefighter

injuries, we have four firefighter injuries. i don't have the extent of their injuries. we have one civilian also. >> four firefighters injured an one civilian. we certainly hope they're okay. what about buildings in the area, structures? how many burned so far? >> we have 15. we call them structures. they could be outbuildings or homes. but right now we don't confirm what they are. but we definitely have 15 structures that have been burned. >> any stories of survival? how are people doing in this fire? i have to tell you, just 24 hours ago we didn't hear anything about this. this thing has spread very, very fast. >> with the weather the way it is, with high heat, low humidity and in this area there is a constant wind. and with the fire season being so early, we're working our way into september, october fuel moistures. with that and the wind and the conditions we talked about, it can cause a critical fire spread. >> all right. captain lucas spellman, 10% contained so far, that fire. we hope you get a better handle

on it as the night goes on. thank you very much. we appreciate it. i'm going to turn back now to the massive flooding hitting the midwest and southeast. missouri is getting some of the absolute worst of it. so i want to bring in missouri's governor, jay nixon. he joins us on the phone. first of all, governor, we hope you are doing well. we hop your state is fairing well. we heard about a woman who was swept away in mcdonald county. we heard earlier in the week about a 4-year-old boy killed in flooding. give us a sense of deaths in that area. will this number rise over the next few days? >> i mean, we're already -- we've seen those two and we're in the middle of a search for another potential victim we think is going to be very bad news for their family also. i don't want -- just to say that we've got helicopter assets as well as water patrol assets involved there. plus we're going to get a lot more rain tonight. we've had some sections of missouri that have received up to eight inches of rain in a four or five-hour period. we've had creeks and rivers that have risen as much as 19

vertical feet inside four or five hours. we've got a lot of activity. i've been on the phone with most of the local leaders here. i'm getting ready to go down to wanesville, missouri. down near branson and the holster area. a very long night. >> you had to delay your trip to wainsville because the rins were so hard and the flooding so great. give us a sense now of what your state needs. you've been declared a state of emergency. what kind of assets would you like to see come in. >> we're focused right now. we have plenty of assets. we're kused on making sure people are safe. we had to close a number of roads. interstate 44, primary artery for the country we had to close yesterday. we're watching that carefully. water dropped a little bit. we've got it open again. we've got another road. tonight we're making sure we keep folks safe. we're evacuating areas in the lower regions. basically from the central southern part of the state all the way to the southwest corner of the state, all the way from mcdonald county down by oklahoma and arkansas all the way to the center part of the state the in

ft. leonard we've had emergencies declared and problems existing. with the next two nights being significant rainfall in both of those areas, we are staying in very close contact with the local officials. national guard called up and are working to assist those officials. >> governor, i have to tell you the pictures we're looking at now are very dramatic. to clarify what you said i've looked at the forecast also. thunderstorms in the area tonight and headed in for the next few days. those floodwaters could keep rising. >> it's especially troublesome not only the volume of it, but the intensity in small areas. plus the fact it's coming at night. the way the weather patterns are working now, this is rain coming 12:00 to 4:00 in the morning. it's in the middle of the dark. it's especially important people not drive in that water and be as safe as possible. they can rest assured with our guard, patrol, water patrol, local police folks and faith based initiative we are fully prepared to keep people safe. >> best of luck to you. >> thank you. >> six minutes after the hour right now. you think there would be less drama in a trial where the

defendant gets up and says, "i am the shooter" right off the bat. but that's never the case in the trial of major nidal hasan. the accused ft. hood shooter is representing himself. today lawyers designed to assist him in his defense told the judge they want out. arguing they think it is morally repugnant to help a man commit suicide by death penalty. the judge has now ruled, the judge says these lawyers are staying. hasan had not -- entered a not guilty plea. only because he had to. pleadi ining guilty is not an on in a military capital trial. major hasan, an army psychiatrist, is facing execution for the massacre at the military post that left 13 people dead, 32 injured in 2009, before civilian officers took him down. that left him paralyzed. they are accused of trying to dispose of evidence to help their friend. the surviving boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. now two of his college buddies have been indicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice. a federal grand jury handed up

the indictment againearlier tod after the fbi released photos of dzhokhar tsarnaev. these two along with a third con spirty allegedly went to dzhokhar's dorm room and removed several items including a laptop and backpack containing fireworks. these men face up to 25 years in prison. some would describe them as the odd couple. what tv show, what classic did john mccain pick to describe his relationship with president obama? the senator is just back from his trip to cairo. and he joins us in the politics lead, next. also, his friends once joked that his financial plan consists of hitting the lottery. now he's laughing all the way to the bank. a man comes forward to claim his share of the $448 million power ball jackpot and gives a can't miss press conference. stay with us. thanks to dad. nd a great deal.

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lead, everyone. i'm john berman filling in for jake tapper today in our world lead, for the fifth tay, 19 u.s. embassies across the middle east and africa remain closed because of a terror threat over fears that al qaeda will attack americans. a senior u.s. official tells cnn's barbara starr that, quote, we expected something by now in terms of some sort of attack. but nothing and no new information of potential threats. this raises questions over whether the u.s. is showing weakness to a group that the obama administration repeatedly told us in the past was decimated and on the run. president obama addressed these concerns while talking at a marine corps base in california. >> even as we decimated the al qaeda leadership that attacked us on 9/11, al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland. still threaten our diplomatic facilities. still threaten our businesses abroad. and we've got to take these

threats seriously. as for these extremists, here's what those who would cowardly attack us civilians don't get. the united states is never going to retreat from the world. we don't get terrorized. >> for more on the terror threat, let's turn now to republican senator john mccain. he's a member of the senate homeland security committee. he skbrojoins us now from phoen fresh off a big trip to egypt. we'll talk about egypt in a second, senator. thanks for being with us. i want to start with the security situation overseas. these embassies across the middle east and other regions have been closed for five days now. still no plot uncovered. so how much longer do you think before you would be willing to say that we're safe? >> well, i'd obviously have to have access to the most sensitive information that we've been able to gather. but the point is that despite what the president said, particularly during his

re-election campaign about al qaeda, many of us have been saying that al qaeda is not only not decimated or on the run. in fact, they are now spread -- they have now spread in the last five years all over north africa. and pose an enormous threat. yes, we have killed off people. but al qaeda has shown an incredible ability to reconstitute itself and to tell the american people, as the president did during the presidential campaign, that, quote, al qaeda is on the run and decimated, that just simply is not substantiated by the facts. >> let me turn now to russia because there's a lot of news going all around the world right now. the president, of course, canceling his one on one meeting with russian president vladimir putin. yesterday, senator, you tweeted out a link, of course, that alluded to remarks that the president made during the campaign last year when he talked about how he wanted to deal with russia. the issue of flexibility. let me play you that clip from

the president right now. >> this is my last election. and after my election i have more flexibility. >> that, of course, president obama speaking with then russian leader dimitri medvedev talking about flexibility. do you think the president needed to be harder on russia all along and do you think canceling this meeting goes far enough? >> in 2008 campaign i looked into vladimir putin's eyes and saw three letters, a k, a g and a b. this is an old line kgb colonel that has dreams of the reincarnation of the old russian empire. the russians have reset. they've reset back to about 1955. so we need to do a lot of things. not just cancel it, but we need to expand the act. that calls into account people who abuse human rights.

we need a free trade agreement with the europeans so they won't be so dependent on russian oil. there's a whole lot of steps we should take. all of them we should take. it's not confrontation. it's a realistic approach to a country that is not acting in the interest of world peace or anybody else's except vladimir putin's desire to hold on to power. >> senator, let me continue to move around the world here. you just returned from egypt with your colleague, senator lindsey graham. you call the overthrow of egyptian president mohamed morsi a coup. that caused quite a stir in egypt. a presidential aide there said that you were distorting facts and your statements are unacceptable in form and substance. the current egyptian president also accused you of interfering in internal affairs. how do you react to that? >> well, senator lindsey graham and i know the egyptian leadership very well. we have had contacts and relationships with them for many years. if you have a situation where a military takes over the government and puts in jail in

communicado the elected leadership of the country that can only be described as a coup. morsi abused his power enormously. the people rose up and said in very strong terms it was unacceptable. the fact is that it was a coup. the point is now is there's got to be a national dialogue and reconciliation. there's got to be release of some of these political prisoners. there's got to be a renunciation of violence. in fact, a condemnation of violence by the muslim brotherhood. or we're going to see blood in the streets of cairo and alexandria. >> finally, senator mccain, i have to ask you about this. in an interview with jay leno, president obama was describing your relationship now. which has seemed to have warmed over the last few years. he described it as something of a romantic comedy. let's listen. >> is it me or do i see kind of a bromance with you and john mccain.

you two had the lovers quarrel for a while. now you're best friends. what happened? >> that's how a classic romantic comedy goes, right? he is a person of integrity. he is willing to say things regardless of the politics. >> so, senator, which romantic comedy do you think most clearly describes your relationship now? are we talking "when harry met sally"? "some like it hot"? how would you describe the relationship? >> given my age, how about ralph cramdon. "the honeymooners." maybe "i love lucy." i don't know. look, the point is i want to work with the president where the nation's interests are at stake. and we can work together. there are other areas such as we just described, syria, where i think it's been shameful that 100,000 people have been massacred and we've stood by and watched it.

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in our national lead, just breaking this afternoon, have we finally found a way to stop one of history's most virulent killers? this is a big deal. the u.s. navy made a big announcement on a new malaria vaccine. our own barbara starr joins us now from the pentagon with the details. barbara, we're talking hundreds of thousands of lives here. >> john, if this worked it could be huge around the world. the navy along with the national institute of health and a pharmaceutical company have now tested a vaccine for malaria they say provides 100%

protection. that is amazing. it's a very small sample. they have a lot more testing to do. this may be a very significant step forward as you know. 3.3 billion people around the world live in areas at risk of malaria. 660,000 people a year die from this. u.s. troops very involved because, of course, they travel all over the world and they encounter this in the populations in the countries they go to. so it's a military necessity. it's a global health necessity. and if this vaccine were to work, a real step forward in the humanitarian world. of course, other entities working on it as well. bill and me lylinda gates, foundation, for example, funding millions of dollars in research in trying to fight malaria. >> potentially wonderful news. barbara starr, thank you so much. reporting from the pentagon. call it a rand dom act of rich. we are hearing from one of the three big power ball winners.

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rights around the world. plus, he didn't really provide a clear solution. >> i have no patience for countries that try to treat gays or lesbians or transgendered persons in ways that intimidate them or are harmful to them. it makes for some uncomfortable press conferences sometimes. but one of the things that i think is very important for me to speak out on is making sure that people are treated fairly and justly. >> yesterday the white house announced that an upcoming summit between president obama and russian president vladimir putin was canceled because of disagreement on a number of areas. but i want to talk now about the olympics and the gay rights issue. richard was an adviser to president clinton on a number of important issues including gay rights. he's here to talk about the olympics. so great to have you. i want to talk about what russian officials are now saying. some are seeming to walk back some of their comments on what

this ban means. let me read you a quote here. they sauid, the law is not intended to limit or violate the rights of citizens of any country, any religion or any preferences. the law is against propaganda among the underaged. i was in sochi yesterday. all the athletes and organizations should be relaxed. they will be protected. are you convinced? are the russians trying to smooth things over? >> it's not very assuring really in any way. the nature of the law is so vague so as to outlaw what the legislation refers to as propaganda. you could basically be arrested at any point for doing anything. i think surely it is in the russians' interest to say there is no problem here. but there's an enormous problem here. first of all, respect to athletes and visitors, but also with respect to the human rights violations on their citizens. i mean, what they are trying to do is they're trying to outlaw talking about something.

>> so what should president obama do about this? you heard him when asked about it yesterday come out against it. he's also talked about gay rights issues in several countries around the world when asked about it on stage there. but does he need to do more, particularly on this issue of the olympics in russia? >> well, i think he's -- i think he's certainly set the right tone already. speaking about it in a very public way and saying that it's not something that we would tolerate in this country. and sending a clear message to the russians that we expect them to abide by, you know, generally accepted human rights policies during the olympics, i think, is an important -- an important first step. there's obviously a lot more to do. i think our diplomats have a big role to play in this. i no doubt expect secretary of state john kerry will be speaking about it when he meets with the russians, which is coming up very soon. the president canceled his one on one summit with president

putin. that is no doubt mostly about the snowden episode. but i'm sure that the olympics played a part in it. this is going to be a big issue fwoi going forward. i expect the president, secretary of state kerry and our other diplomats to be actively involved in ensuring the safety not just of people at the olympics for the olympics, but also getting this anti-gay law in russia changed. >> quickly, richard, what do you want to see the athletes do? you want the athletes to go still? we >> well, i think that a boycott really only deprives our very own athletes who have practiced and are ready to do their best having that opportunity. a boycott of the olympics is not the way to go. i think respectful protests during the games, showing that in this country we support all of our citizens and that's the kind of human rights policies that we expect from a country like russia, anybody hosting an olympics, i think there is a lot. we can send a very powerful message when we're there. >> we can go and we can win. like berlin in 1936.

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welcome back to "the lead" everyone. i'm john berman filling in for jake tapper. our politics lead, it sucks to get busted. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is is running for re-election in his home state of kentucky next year. his campaign manager is jesse benton who worked on ron paul's presidential campaign last year. and he apparently isn't loving his new job. listen. >> i'm sort of holding my nose for two years cause what we're doing here is going to be a big benefit to rand in '16. >> peter, first of all, explain to us who jesse benton is and what he's saying here. >> yeah. really the only surprising thing about this is that it was caught on tape. jesse is a ron paul guy as we mentioned. he mentioned ron paul's campaign in 2012. his son rand paul's campaign. his married to ron paul's granddaughter. he's a ron paul guy.

libertarian. mcconnell brought him on to sort of build bridges to the conservative movement. close political watchers kind of assumed this was a marriage of convenience in kentucky. so it's not exactly that surprising that he's sort of privately lukewarm about doing this. the big story here is that he got busted, john. >> big time. this was recorded apparently months ago, peter. who recorded it and why are they releasing it now? >> this was recorded by a conservative activist by the name of dennis fusaro who's a former paul aide actually on a separate crusade to prove the ron paul people bribed a sntate senator in the kacaucuses in io. this was on the dragnet of a bunch of recordings released this week, john. this is proving to be the biggest news out of the recordings so far. >> jesse benton not quitting. sticking as campaign manager. >> that's right. he's saying he's truly sick that he was caught on tape doing this. and he says i believe in senator mcconnell and i'm 100% committed

to his re-election. being selected to lead his campaign is one of the great honors of my life. i look forward to victory in november of 2014. that's jesse being sincere, apparently, john. >> even if he has to hold his nose the whole time. peter hamby, thank you so much. i want to bring in our political panel to talk about this. get a little more detail. a cnn contributor and op-ed columnist. donna brazile. jonathan martin is the national political correspondent for "the new york times." jonathan, let me start with you. how in the world is jesse benton staying on as campaign manager? he said he's holding his nose. >> right. i think this episode illustrates two important elements in modern america politics. the first one is, the rise of a super staffer in the case of benton who as peter mentioned is is married to the granddaughter of ron paul. he's got leverage here because the fact is, mitch mcconnell, veteran u.s. senator, the senate

minority leader, needs this staffer badly. because he's a bridge to rand paul and the paul universe. mitch mcconnell already has a primary opponent on the right. he cannot afford to alienate the paul world by dumping the staffer overboard he would do just that. it's a remarkable illustration of the role of a super staffer now in american politics. the other big point it illustrates, john, is this. the tea party's rise and near dominance now in the republican party. the fact that a powerful senator like mitch mcconnell, well funded, 10 million bucks in the bank, the fact he so needs the tea party on his side that he has a staffer here criticizing him on tape and he's not dumping him, tells you all you have to know about the role in today's gop of the tea party. >> ross, let me ask you to follow up on this. you're a conservative columnist. what do you make of all of this? what does it say about where mitch mcconnell stands now? >> i agree completely with

jonathan. it's unimaginable that somebody with mitch mcconnell's level of power and influence in washington, d.c., within the senate, would have to put up with somebody that, you know, frankly i imagine nobody watching tv right now has even heard of. bad mouthing him. getting caught. then not resigning. it's just sort of -- it's sort of a staggering statement about the power of the grassroots within the party right now and the need to sort of perpetually fend off challenges from the right. the other thing that's interesting, this is an example of sort of paul world. not just the world around senator rand paul but the sort of world around his father's presidential campaign. very serious and sincere activists and so on being, again, not quite redty for prime time. we had this controversy recently surrounding a rand paul aide who has written neoconfederate things as a blogger in south carolina. one of the challenges for rand paul looking forward to the 2016

race that obviously jesse benton is already looking forward to, he needs to -- even though this illustrates his power, it also illustrates sort of the fact that people in those circles make mistakes. right? more season campaigned staff wouldn't, i think. >> donna, can i switch to the democrats here, an issue that is affecting at least one democratic senator? tom harken of iowa made some comments or was discussing a situation which a lot of people found frankly startling. he was talking about why he thought that president obama could not get more support in the senate. listen to what senator harken said. >> one senator got up from a southern state and said you've got to understand that to my people down here, obama seems like he is exotic. >> senator harkin was making those statements to the des moines register. what to you think that the

senator heard something like that? >> i can tell you what i would have done. i would have challenged that senator, that southern senator. i would have challenged him and said what the hell are you talking about? to say the word exotic, that's a dog whistle. president obama has -- has reached out to republicans from the north, to the south. i think senator harkin should have challenged him. the notion that they laughed after the senator made those comments, that's reprehensible. so i'm out raged by it. i think it's stupid. it doesn't even in my judgment, it doesn't even meet the standard test that we should give to all our politicians which is if somebody say something wrong, you talk about it. you speak out. he should have challenged him. >> all right. we're going to have to leave it there. donna brazile, ross, jonathan martin, thank you so much. great to see you even if it is long distance. hail to the nfl franchise from washington, d.c. doesn't sound quite right. but one online magazine just

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